Hello, There's nothing strategic to Canada. What I want to see is that the other provinces to support us as needed and we support them in return. For now, Canada does not have a good promotion of free software. The measure that is taken in quebec there may be only better elsewhere in Canada. Why duplicate efforts in Canada?
FSF-Canada need: - Blog - Calendar - Contact list - Current canadian's petition - official wiki - Strategic template for activist for each province - link to web sites promoting free software in canada ex: https://l1bre.ca/l/, http://www.agendadulibre.qc.ca, *libreplanet* .org/wiki/Group:*LibrePlanet*_*Quebec*, http://GOSLINGcommunity.org<http://goslingcommunity.org/>, http://cluecan.ca, www.*quebecos*.com, http://facil.qc.ca/en Cheers, Michael On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Russell McOrmond <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12-01-23 01:41 AM, Rudolf wrote: > >> Aren't there ways to get around forming a formal organization to support >> Free Software in Canada? Or are there other simpler organizations that >> can be formed to support the activities of various Canadian groups? >> > > Whether you need a formal organization or not depends on what you want to > do. > > In Ottawa we meet weekly to discuss FLOSS in Government, under the banner > of "Getting Open Source Logic INto Governments" > http://GOSLINGcommunity.org . Since we don't "do" anything or "own" > anything, and have no money flowing through us, there is no organisation. > It is just a website and mailing list that is used along with a weekly > gathering to get people together. > > CLUE exists http://cluecan.ca , but they are also more of an "open > source" organisation (Focus is on the non-political engineering benefits of > FLOSS). I believe we need to have an organisation that isn't shy about the > political aspects, and is willing to organise the necessary political > campaigns in Canada. CLUE is also needing new volunteers, as not much has > been happening beyond my volunteer policy work. > > If you want to take donations that can help fund software projects or do > campaigns, like what the GNU project and the FSF is able to do in the USA > and elsewhere in the world, then an organization is needed. If we want > these donations to be charitable, even more paperwork/formality is needed. > > > If you look back in the archives you will see an attempt was made to do > the paperwork to get charity status, but that didn't work. I have not seen > the paperwork, and it may be best to simply try again. > > If there are people truly willing to put time into this, then I'll jump > in and do my part as well. Once we have a core group I can approach > CIPPIC.ca (also here in Ottawa) who may have lawyers/students willing to do > probono some of the legal filings necessary to get us started. > > -- > Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> > Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property > rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! > http://l.c11.ca/ict > > "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware > manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or > portable media player from my cold dead hands!" http://c11.ca/own > > > ______________________________**_________________ > fsfc-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/**listinfo/fsfc-discuss<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss> >
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